The watermelons are rich caravans of water and sugars while having a very low nutritional value, just 15-26 kcal / 100 g (fat and sugar from 3.7% to 6.4%, and good standard of potassium, sodium and phosphorus). This means that by eating one kilogram is roughly reaches the energetic power of two boiled eggs. The watermelon is the fruit symbol of summer and in fact its production is obtained in the months of July and August. The optimum temperature for development is around 30 ° C. The plant habit is creeping with branches and lobed leaves covered with a thick down.

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